It was a change of scenery for our men and women 7s side this morning as they took on the Sigatoka sand dunes for a “brutal” work out.

At least that’s how Fiji 7s coach Ben Ryan described the morning session. For Fijiana coach, Chris Cracknell, he described the workout as a ‘Brilliant finish to the week…’.

Both coaches took to twitter and instagram to highlight the sand dune session which ended with the traditional thanksgiving devotion.

The Sigatoka sand dunes are as hard a fitness session as I’ve ever seen. Beautiful, breath-taking but brutal. pic.twitter.com/u8tpBh7617

— Ben Ryan Fiji 7’s (@benjaminryan) October 8, 2015

The men’s side are in prep mode for the first round of the World Rugby Seven’s Series which kicks off in December.

Men’s and women’s team together on the dunes… pic.twitter.com/sKUe9uT6CV — Ben Ryan Fiji 7’s (@benjaminryan) October 8, 2015

The Fijiana team has yet to qualify for a spot in the Rio Olympics next year. Only Australia and New Zealand has qualified. Next month they compete at the Oceania qualifier to take place in Auckland.

Brilliant finish to the week, both squads together & working together as one. #allin #fiji #7s #sanddunes #preseason

A photo posted by Chris Cracknell (@chriscracknell7s) on Oct 8, 2015 at 4:10pm PDT

Both teams did 6 dunes and various reps on each dune. pic.twitter.com/4DVzySF42m — Ben Ryan Fiji 7’s (@benjaminryan) October 8, 2015

Fiji 7s On the dunes #rugby #fiji pic.twitter.com/4TIR4ETSLa

— Ben Ryan Fiji 7’s (@benjaminryan) October 8, 2015

And it’s all over for the session… pic.twitter.com/m5cgzpeClY — Ben Ryan Fiji 7’s (@benjaminryan) October 8, 2015

Sigatoka Sand dunes for Fiji 7s both squads together as 1 – reminds me of being back at @CornishPirates1 #fiji pic.twitter.com/TYCo4e2eyw

— Chris Cracknell (@chriscracknell) October 8, 2015

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